Naked-faced barbet

Naked-faced barbet
male (left) and female (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Gymnobucco
Species:
G. calvus
Binomial name
Gymnobucco calvus
(Lafresnaye, 1841)
Subspecies[2]
  • G. c. calvus - (Lafresnaye, 1841)
  • G. c. congicus - Chapin, 1932
  • G. c. vernayi - Boulton, 1931
Naked-faced Barbed

The naked-faced barbet (Gymnobucco calvus) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (the African barbets). It used to be placed in the family Bucconidae (puffbirds), which has been split up; alternatively, it may be included in a vastly expanded Ramphastidae (toucans).

It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gymnobucco calvus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22726016A94909149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726016A94909149.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.